Gun.Smoke
1985 · Vertical Shooter · Arcade
Overview
Gun.Smoke (1985) is Yoshiki Okamoto's Wild West shooter, in which bounty hunter Billie Bob walks up the screen firing left, right and centre with three buttons.
Deep Dive
In place of a spaceship, the player controls Billie Bob, a bounty hunter in the Wild West, walking up a vertically scrolling screen. Three buttons fire left, right and straight ahead, and pick-ups include a horse, boots, bullets, a rifle and a Yashichi for an extra life.
Developer Story
Yoshiki Okamoto directed and designed the game, Takashi Aoki programmed it and Ayako Mori composed the music. Capcom released it in Japan on 23 October 1985, and it was the second most successful table arcade unit in Game Machine's January 1986 chart. The NES version followed in 1988.
Did You Know?
- The NES version has a new story, set in Hicksville against the Wingates gang, and different music.
- The Amstrad CPC version was called Desperado – Gun.Smoke.
Sources & further reading
- Gun.Smoke — Wikipedia
